WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Pesticides and herbicides used in farming appear to increase people’s risk of Parkinson’s disease, a new, preliminary study finds. People exposed to pesticides and herbicides are 25% to 36% more likely to develop Parkinson’s, according to a study to be presented at theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The mind is alert to relaxing words spoken by others when you’re asleep, so much so that your heart beat slows down, new research shows. Hearing words like “relax” and “easy” spoken while asleep appeared to help put study participants into a deeperContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Former talk show host Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, her representatives announced in a statement on Thursday. The conditions are the same diagnoses actor Bruce Willis received in 2022; his aphasia later progressed to frontotemporal dementia.Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A mental workout can speed teens’ recovery from a concussion, especially if it takes place in the classroom. New research shows that returning to school early after a concussion and limiting screen time help symptoms resolve sooner. “Children and teens should be encouragedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Preventing noise-related hearing loss from a loud concert, a banging jackhammer or a rifle blast could be as simple as managing levels of zinc within the inner ear, a new study reports. Such hearing loss stems from cellular damage associated with an excessContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Fabrizio wasn’t sure what to expect of his newly outfitted prosthetic hand, until he touched one of the researchers who’d given it to him. “When one of the researchers placed the sensor on his own body, I could feel the warmth of anotherContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Could drugs that give a boost to men’s sexual performance help them stave off Alzheimer’s disease? That’s the main finding from a study suggesting that erectile dysfunction meds like Cialis, Levitra and Viagra might lower the odds for the memory-robbing illness. The studyContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — No one’s brain is as sharp at 60 as it was at 20. However, new research supports the notion that folk’s brains can make subtle adjustments with age to compensate for that decline. A team of British researchers has found more evidence thatContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Scientists say they’ve created the first 3D-printed brain tissue where neurons network and “talk” to each other. The breakthrough could be an advance for studying neurological processes in the lab, say a team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “This could be a hugelyContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Police seizures of “magic” mushrooms have more than tripled within the past five years, the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse reports. The total weight of psilocybin mushrooms seized by law enforcement increased from 498 pounds in 2017 to 1,861 pounds in 2022,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests healthy lifestyles can help stave off dementia, perhaps by building a resilient ‘cognitive reserve’ in the aging brain. The study was based on the brain autopsies on 586 people who lived to an average age of almost 91. Researchers comparedContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It’s known by the street name “gas station heroin,” but a new government report finds the highly addictive supplement Neptune’s Fix may also contain synthetic pot. The product has already been linked to seizures, brain swelling and hallucinations, researchers reported Thursday in MorbidityContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Advanced brain recording techniques have revealed how neurons in the human brain work together to produce speech. The recordings provide a detailed map of how people think about what words they want to say and then speak them aloud, researchers report in theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Losing the use of an arm after a stroke can be devastating, but new research could offer survivors fresh hope. The study found that a combination of targeted brain stimulation therapy, along with intense physical rehabilitation, can restore control of an affected armContinue Reading